thEQorange User Manual M A AT Inc. MAAT Incorporated 101 Cooper St Santa Cruz CA 95060 USA More unique and essential tools and tips at: www.maat.digital Table of Contents Installation & Setup .................................................................................7 Licensing .................................................................................................................................... 7 Online Activation .........................................................................................................................................................................8 Offline Activation ........................................................................................................................................................................8 Introduction .......................................................................................... 10 thEQo Features ...................................................................................... 10 Unique Features ...................................................................................................................... 10 Main Features .......................................................................................................................... 10 Applications .......................................................................................... 11 The Interface ......................................................................................... 12 Overview .............................................................................................. 12 Linear–Phase ............................................................................................................................12 Invisible ....................................................................................................................................13 What’s So Special .....................................................................................................................13 Echo .........................................................................................................................................14 Low Frequency Response ....................................................................................................... 15 In Use ................................................................................................... 15 Filter Types .............................................................................................................................. 15 Edge Behavior ......................................................................................................................... 16 Baseband Oversampling ......................................................................................................... 16 HRA ........................................................................................................................................ 16 DXD & SACD ................................................................................................................................................................................17 Latency .................................................................................................................................... 18 LF Response ............................................................................................................................. 18 The Controls .......................................................................................... 18 Left Control Cluster ................................................................................................................. 18 Keyboard ......................................................................................................................................................................................19 SORT .............................................................................................................................................................................................19 OVERSAMPLE ..............................................................................................................................................................................19 f MODE .........................................................................................................................................................................................19 440 Hz (UI Detuning) .................................................................................................................................................................19 SONO PRE ................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 The Sections ............................................................................................................................ 20 In Circuit/Bypass ....................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Gain Field .................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Type ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 20 Q/Slope ........................................................................................................................................................................................21 Panorama Mode .........................................................................................................................................................................21 Right Control Cluster .............................................................................................................. 22 TPL Meter .................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Contribution Controls .............................................................................................................................................................. 22 AUTOGAIN .................................................................................................................................................................................. 22 GAIN OUT .................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 The Graph ................................................................................................................................ 23 Nodes .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Textual vs Manual Frequency Settings .................................................................................................................................24 Response Curves ....................................................................................................................................................................... 25 The Spectrogram ..................................................................................................................... 25 Analyzer Input ......................................................................................................................... 25 Shared Controls ....................................................................................................................... 26 Far Right Controls ................................................................................................................... 26 Bar Graph Icon ............................................................................................................................................................................27 Vertical Zoom .............................................................................................................................................................................27 Color Mapping ............................................................................................................................................................................27 Meter ............................................................................................................................................................................................27 Color–to–Gray Scale Transition .............................................................................................................................................. 28 User Preferences .................................................................................... 28 Preferences .............................................................................................................................. 28 General Tab ................................................................................................................................................................................ 28 Spectrogram Tab ......................................................................................................................................................................